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Michael Kozlowski, 54

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New Brighton native Michael Gary Kozlowski, 54, of Sayreville, N.J., a businessman and loving father, died Saturday in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., after a short illness.

Born and raised in New Brighton, he graduated from St. Peter’s Boys High School. He relocated to Sayreville in 1978.

Mr. Kozlowski was a partner in a small freight-forwarding business in Sayreville.

He was an avid Miami Dolphins and New Jersey Devils fan.

In the 1980s, Mr. Kozlowski was a bass player for Interpol, a front band that played at CBGB’s in Manhattan.

Surviving are his sons, Gary and Kyle; his mother, Genevieve Lopaciuk Kozlowski; two brothers, Robert and Ronald, and a sister, Christina Caccese.

The funeral service will be tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Spezzi Funeral Home, Sayreville. Arrangements include cremation.